Dave Hanson

An internationally published and produced playwright, actor and comedian living in New York City, known for Waiting for Waiting For Godot, Inside Amy Schumer, and Chelsea Lately.

Originally from Olympia, Washington, Dave studied Theatre and English Literature at Whittier College and trained in improv, sketch comedy and acting in both New York and Los Angeles.

As a playwright, Dave's full length comedy Waiting for Waiting For Godot recently had it's London premier at the St. James' Theatre along with several successful regional productions around the US. His other published plays include The Exit Interview,Cafe d'Automatique, and Thank You For Letting Me Have Sex With You. Dave is also a former writer and producer for Chelsea Lately on the E! Network, Inside Sports (Versus), Beer :30 (Versus) and Gene Pool (Fox).

New York theatre credits include Sam (u/s) in The Flick at The Barrow Street Theatre, Val in Waiting for Waiting For Godot (2013 NYC Fringe), Matt in Breaking Up With My Mom (C10), Rich in The French Waitress (Gene Frankel), Gene in His & Hers (ATA) and MichaelRegan in The Boss (Metropolitan Playhouse), which was a New York Time's critic's pick.

Dave is a member of the Collective New York,TheStillwater Writing Group, The Dramatists Guild of America, SAG-AFTRA & AEA. He also writes and performs regularly with the New York sketch group The Shorts Showand is a graduate of the UCB Theatre in New York..